Im not a geek, but i have a ocd thing on researching things i want.lol I used to be a die hard ps fan back with ps2. Then when xbox 360 and ps3 came around, i tried both out. Much prefered xbox 360. Played on ps3 more recently and still prefer xbox. The online setup is much better,(It costs so i do expect it to be better) the controller feels better. Always found my hands ache after playing ps3 for a while. The game support for xbox was better. Any shop you go in theres always more xbox games than ps3. The games always seemed to be a bit cheaper too. Im not sure if this is down to the ps3 discs being blu ray so more costs involved or what.

Anyways down to the latest gen . I really really wanted to stick with the xbox one but they dropped a bollock in my eyes....... as someone above meantioned....they are trying to act like apple. Bit late as so many have finally wised up to the whole buy a product but its not really yours ah la apple itunes. You would of thought they can see the fall of apple because of this. Hence samsung are ripping it up now thanks to the "choice" they give you with their products. Non restrictive.

Xbox pros
Always had great support from developers. Lots of updates to fix bugs/hacks so online play is always good so expect the same with xbox one.

Family share..... You will be able to have 10 of your friends/family share your games collection via cloud.

Kinect will reconise you so will auto sign you in.

Kinect looks much improoved(if you are into that)

Great selection of games and very good exclusives, slight edge over playstaion.

The fact it does more than games is good to alot of people, shame they are pushing it as a media hub that can also play games, rather than the other way around.

contol the tv,skype and games with kinect. Looks good, just not something i would use. Bit too gimmicky for me. Im happy with my trusted tv controller.

With cloud, a load of processing will be done through this, and although you stop playing ( for example a role playing game) the world will carry on......

Smart glass will be improoved for use with xbox one.

Now for the cons........

Requires connection to the internet every 24 hours!!! if you do not allow it to connect, it becomes purely a blu ray player. NO GAMES can be played on it. even offline. COMPLETE JOKE!!

Will stop secondhand games. You can only sell a game once. For example, if you buy a game new, you can sell it/give it away once. After this the disc can no longer be used. EVER. Buying used games will basically be a no no.

The xbox one is currently due to only be released in 21 countries. Therefore if you are not part of these countrys or want to take it with you on holiday for example outside these 21 countries, the xbox is no good. Its online checking will cause it to not work as it will see you are not in a correct region.! Us forces and other armys including ours are far from impressed with this. They cant even play offline due to the 24 hour checking........ Gives them a easy decision.

The microsoft spokes people/pr have been a joke so far. some of their comments regarding their decisions to use all these drm restrictions have outraged hundreds,causing loads of die hard xbox fans jump ship. Microsoft are doing a great job in selling loads of ps4 units.

Kinect HAS TO BE CONNECTED at all times. People are worried it can be watching you at all times. Its causing a nightmare for their pr. especially as there has been a big thing regarding us government snooping on people using these methods in the us. I personally worry about hackers getting into this....can you imagine the possiblities for crooks........

Microsoft are forcing kinect onto you so you will have to shout and wave at the tv wether you want to or not.

The price. At £430 its a fair bit more expensive than ps,granted it comes with the kinect, but you have no choice!